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<br />('"? <br /> <br />42 <br /> <br />r~ <br />~o <br /> <br />,~.:~' <br /> <br />l Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 2) <br />~ Fish and wildlife service (Region 6) <br />-J Ute Mountain ute Indian Tribe <br />Southern Ute Indian Tribe <br />Jicarilla Apache Indian Tribe <br />Navajo Nation <br />State of New Mexico <br />State of Colorado <br />State of Utah <br /> <br />The current members of the Ad Hoc Research Group, representing <br />the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish and <br />Wildlife Service (Region 2), Fish and wildlife Service (Region <br />6), Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and states of New Mexico, <br />Colorado, and Utah are recognized experts on the San Juan River <br />or its native fish fauna. These representatives are currently <br />conducting the investigations of the Seven-year Research Plan, <br />meet the conditions for membership set forth, and will form the <br />initial membership of the Biology committee of the Implementation <br />Program. Representation on the Biology Committee by Indian <br />tribes not currently represented on the Ad Hoc Research Group, <br />and additional federal entities participating in the <br />Implementation Program through sections 7(a)(1) or 7(a) (2) of the <br />Endangered Species Act, or replacement representation, will be <br />through the following process: <br /> <br />1. The name and qualifications (expertise on the San Juan <br />River or its native fish fauna) of the nominated <br />representative will be provided to the Program <br />Coordinator. <br /> <br />2. The Program Coordinator will provide the material to <br />the members of the Biology Committee. Such <br />distribution will be either at the meeting of the <br />Biology Committee or, if more expeditious, through <br />contact with individual members of the Committee. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />The Biology Committee members will, within 30 days, <br />review the qualifications of the nominee and forward <br />their decision to the Program Coordinator. <br /> <br />~\P (4' <br />J 5. <br /> <br />The decision to add the nominee to the Biology <br />Committee will be by two-thirds majority. <br /> <br />If approval is reached, the Program Coordinator will <br />notify the nominating agency. <br /> <br />6. If approval is not reached, the Program Coordinator <br />will so notifY the nominating agency with accompanying <br />reasons. <br /> <br />7. Under the circumstances of Item 6, the nominating <br />